Professional Development
2018–2019
Get all the strategies you need to help your students succeed! New Editions + HITT:
• New workbooks, products, and training for 2018 • Introducing: HTT (The Handwriting nteractive Teaching Tool™)
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Learn about the NEW Screener of Handwriting Proficiency
Great Value! Over $1500 in FREE materials included with the K–5 Handwriting Workshop.
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Innovative teaching strategies you can implement the very next school day NEW EDITIONS, NEW PRODUCTS! Our workshops, led by certified handwriting specialists, feature leading strategies, provide effective instruction, and give you an interactive experience with our tools for immediate implementation. Our hands-on, interactive workshops feature:
Proven, practical instruction on new editions of our workbooks, teacher’s guides, and digital instruction tools
Multisensory activities and products for active teaching of handwriting
and keyboarding
Tools for whole classroom use, 1:1 settings, and small group intervention
Opportunities to network with peers, sample our new products, and find
out how we’re reimagining handwriting instruction for the digital age
The right workshop is waiting for you! p. 2 Pre-K Readiness & Writing
p. 5 K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship
p. 3 Pre-K Literacy & Math
p. 6 Handwriting Assessment
p. 4 K–5 Handwriting
pp. 7–9 Workshop Pricing and Schedules
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What’s new?
INTRODUCING: Handwriting Reimagined
Our workshops have never been more engaging! New Editions New Handwriting Without Tears® student workbooks and teacher’s guides feature simplified teaching guidelines and lesson plans—plus, a digital teaching component that offers interactive content!
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HTT (The Handwriting nteractive Teaching Tool™) Bring your handwriting instruction to life with our digital resources for teaching.Handwriting Without Tears workbook lessons. Reduce teacher prep time and enhance the power of the interactive whiteboard (IWB)!
Building Writers Student Workbooks Building Writers offers engaging prompts for supplemental practice. Build versatile writers and support your curriculum with narrative, opinion, and information writing activities. LWTears.com | 888.983.8409
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Grade Level: Transitional Kindergarten
KICK START KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S GUIDE
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The Kick Start Kindergarten student workbook and teacher’s guide for transitional kindergarten bridge the gap between Pre-K and kindergarten with developmentally appropriate activities for writing capital letters, lowercase letters, and students’ names in title case.
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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Morning Session | 3.5 Contact Hours
Discover new strategies and hands-on materials to teach pre-writing and school readiness skills. At the end of this half-day workshop, you will be able to:
Plan your instruction based on developmental stages for writing readiness and foster important social-emotional skills in a developmentally appropriate way
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Use My First School Book and Kick Start Kindergarten to help children progress from tracing their letters and numbers to writing their names and becoming familiar with lowercase letters
ONLY $230 with early bird pricing
Includes $145 of FREE materials
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Pre-K Literacy & Math Afternoon Session | 3.5 Contact Hours
Learn how multisensory teaching strategies and playful manipulatives can energize your early math and literacy lessons. At the end of this half-day workshop, you will be able to: Implement effective, hands-on strategies that build early literacy and math concepts
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K–5 Handwriting Full Day | 6.5 Contact Hours
Gain the skills and knowledge to effectively teach and remediate handwriting. Students of all learning abilities will be able to master handwriting skills while becoming confident communicators. At the end of this full-day workshop, you will be able to: Implement, teach, and remediate handwriting using effective, step-by-step lesson plans that incorporate active teaching, multisensory strategies, and differentiated instruction
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K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship Virtual | 2.5 Contact Hours
There’s no better way to go digital than by going virtual! Our virtual workshops happen online in real time. At the end of this virtual workshop, you will be able to:
Go digital . Go virtua l!
Learn the developmental progression of keyboarding skills to ensure student success
Review student lessons and learn how to seamlessly implement them into your instructional day and computer-based testing prep
Maximize the following educator resources to foster success: lesson previews, teacher’s guides, and digital citizenship lessons
Use robust reporting tools to adapt and differentiate keyboarding instruction so students meet grade-level benchmarks
ONLY $110 with early bird pricing
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(One 1- year license for each grade [K–5])
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Handwriting Assessment Full Day | 7 Contact Hours
Join us to learn strategies to assess and remediate handwriting. The Handwriting Assessment Workshop will help you evaluate a range of developmental levels for your students. At the end of this full-day workshop, you will be able to: Administer and score the Pre-K Assessments, the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency, and The Print Tool® and choose remediation materials and strategies based on results
Describe the seven basic handwriting components essential to handwriting success
Understand different handwriting curricula, discover new handwriting resources, and use The Print Tool with various populations Identify the benefits and process of becoming a certified handwriting specialist for evidence-based practice
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INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS
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30+ days in advance
Group Rate
5 or more
Pre-K Readiness & Writing
$230
$265
$210
Pre-K Literacy & Math
$215
$250
$195
K–5 Handwriting
$300
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$280
K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship VIRTUAL
$110
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Handwriting Assessment
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Pre-K & K–5 Handwriting Workshop Schedule Pre-K Readiness & Writing: Day One, Half Day, Morning Session (see p. 2 for objectives) Pre-K Literacy & Math: Day One, Half Day, Afternoon Session (see p. 3 for objectives) K–5 Handwriting: Day Two, Full Day (see p. 4 for objectives) ARIZONA
Phoenix December 7–8 February 15–16
ARKANSAS
Little Rock October 12–13 February 15–16
CALIFORNIA
Anaheim March 22–23 Los Angeles October 19–20 Oakland November 16–17 San Francisco October 5–6 March 8–9 San Jose January 25–26
IDAHO
Boise October 26–27
ILLINOIS
Chicago November 2–3 January 25–26
INDIANA
Indianapolis October 5–6
IOWA
Des Moines March 15–16
LOUISIANA
New Orleans March 1–2
MAINE
Portland October 19–20
COLORADO
Denver November 9–10 March 22–23
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington March 15–16
MASSACHUSETTS Boston October 14–15* March 24–25*
MICHIGAN
Detroit November 16–17 Grand Rapids March 1–2
FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale October 26–27 Miami February 15–16 Orlando November 9–10 March 29–30
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis November 2–3 February 8–9
MISSOURI
Kansas City November 16–17 Saint Louis February 22–23
GEORGIA
Atlanta November 9–10 January 25–26
NEW YORK
Albany October 26–27 New York City October 28–29* February 3–4*
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh March 8–9
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo October 19–20
OHIO
Cincinnati March 29–30 Columbus Nov. 30–Dec. 1
OREGON
Portland November 2–3
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia/ King of Prussia Nov. 30–Dec. 1 February 22–23
RHODE ISLAND Providence February 8–9
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston October 5–6
TENNESSEE
Nashville October 12–13 February 1–2
NEW JERSEY
East Rutherford October 12–13
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TEXAS
Dallas/Fort Worth November 9–10 February 8–9 Houston October 5–6 December 7–8 March 29–30 San Antonio March 1–2
WASHINGTON Seattle October 26–27 February 1–2
WISCONSIN
Madison October 19–20 March 15–16
CANADA
Calgary February 22–23 Toronto November 2–3 March 8–9
K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship Workshop Schedule K–5 Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship: Virtual (see p. 5 for objectives) VIRTUAL
October 3 October 9 October 17 October 25 November 1 November 7 November 15 November 29
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Handwriting Assessment Workshop Schedule Handwriting Assessment: Full Day (see p. 6 for objectives) ARIZONA
MASSACHUSETTS
COLORADO
NORTH CAROLINA
Boston February 24*
Phoenix November 2
Charlotte November 9
Denver January 25
OREGON
FLORIDA
Portland February 22
Orlando March 15
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia/ King of Prussia October 19
TEXAS
Houston November 16
CANADA
Edmonton October 12
*Sunday Workshop
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